Word: primed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Diplomats in Washington and London who have dealt extensively with Rhodesian affairs agree on one thing at least: nailing wily Prime Minister Ian Smith to any deal is almost as hard as netting a rare African butterfly. Last week, at the conclusion of a 14-day U.S. tour aimed at promoting his "internal settlement" for the breakaway British colony, Smith apparently got pinned. U.S. and British officials announced that the Prime Minister and his three black colleagues on Rhodesia's governing Executive Council had agreed to their terms for an all-parties conference dealing with the country...
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The award of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin yesterday drew mixed reactions from local experts as well as observers of the Middle East throughout the world...
...demonstrators will also protest against President Carter for letting Ian Smith, prime minister of Rhodesia, into the U.S., Rothschild added...
...said the Rhodesians succeeded in killing 350 of his followers, mostly women and non-combatants. The U.S. State Department called the raids "among the heaviest and most destructive of the war, particularly in terms of loss of life." State expressed regret that the raids were carried out while Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and his three black cohorts in the current "transitional" government were travelling in the U.S. and emphasizing their "willingness and readiness to negotiate." Ian Smith, back in Salisbury, said the raids were good for morale and that they would "continue, and if need be, will be increased...
...dollar shown any appreciable signs of strengthening. Thus many experts believe that even higher interest rates are on the way, even though Reserve Chairman William Miller has said that borrowing costs are at or near their peaks. Henry Kaufman, a top money analyst at Salomon Brothers, believes the prime rate could be as high as 12% in 1979. Economist Allen Sinai of Data Resources, Inc., figures on a recession if the prime rate reaches 11% and the Fed funds rate...